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G. FRECKER.

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No. 338,259. `Patented Mar. 23, 1886.

gf/mises. 11067247077 UNITED STATES PATENT y OFFICE.

CHARLES FREOKER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

COMPOSING-STICK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 338,259, datedMarch'23, 1886. Application filed January 2, 1885. Serial No. 151,774.lMcdel.)

Tc @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLEs FRECKER, a citizen ofthe United States ofAmerica, and aresident of the city of Brooklyn, county of Kings andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inOomposing-Sticks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in composing-sticks.

It has for its object to providea composingstick with an adjustableslide attached thereto in such a manner as will permit the said slide tobe adjusted to any desired measure of column and at the same time retaina standard measure, as will be hereinafter explained.

The manner in which I obtain these results is fully illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, which form part of this specification, and inwhich similar letters of reference indic-ate corresponding parts..

Figure l represents a plan of my improved stick, showing the adjustableblock c, which is heldin position by the screw (Zand the slidepiece b,adapted to be held in position by the screw c. Fig. 2 represents a sideelevation of the stick, showing the slots e e and screw c and d, asabove described, and Fig. 3 illustrates the adjustable block c detachedfrom the stick. Fig. 4t represents a perspective view of the slide-pieceZ.

As illustrated by the drawings and model, the block c is secured to thestick by the screw d, which passes through the lower angle of the stickand through the slotted portion ofthe slide-piece b, as will behereinafter explained. The lower angle of the stick Ais provided withtwo slots, e e, which may be, if desired, made into one long slot topermit a closer adjustment of the slide b, if necessary. The slideb isalso provided with aslot running vertically through its center, whichpermits it to slide back and forth adjacent to the guide-piece o of theblock a. The screw c is intended to clamp the slide-piece b when it isdesired to hold it rigidly in one position, or to what may be termed astandard gage.

I have illustrated the screw c as being located behind the screw d; butI do not wish to confine myself to that particular construction, as ascrew could be attached to the front end of the slide-piece b andadapted to slide through a slot located in the lower angle of the stick,as at c, Fig. 2.

The principal object of my invention is to provide the stick with anadjustable block, a, which can be adjusted to the desired standard77 andsecured rigidly thereto by means of the screwd or any other desirablemethod,

and a slide-piece, b, adapted to slide in the usual manner, but to restagainst the block c when it is slid back to the desired standard gage,the slide b having attached to it a screw or any desirable means to holdit temporarily in one locality.

Having thus described Iny invention, what I desire to secure by LettersPatent of the United States is as follows:

Acomposing-stick constructed as described and provided with the slidingpieces b and a, arranged and adapted to be adjustably secured to thelower angle of the stick A by means of the screws c and d, as and forthe purpose specified.

In testimonythat I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in presence of two witnesses, this 22d day of December, 1884.

CHARLES FRECKER. Vit-nesses:

CHARLES Y. VAN DoREN, T. B. RICHTER.

